Suriname: Reconciling agricultural development and conservation of unique natural wealth

Land Use Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 627-636

  Latawiec, Agnieszka Ewa ^a,b,c   Strassburg, Bernardo B N ^a,d   Rodriguez, Ana Maria ^e   Matt, Elah ^c   Nijbroek, Ravic ^e   Silos, Maureen ^f,g  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY   (Brazil)

^b OPOLE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^f The Caribbean Institute   (Suriname)

^g Agroforestry Department   (Suriname)

Author keywords

Avoiding deforestation; Development; Landscape approach; Organic farming; Suriname; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BILATERAL AGREEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATIONAL PLANNING; ORGANIC FARMING; RICE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SURINAME;

EID: 84893919428     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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